A small hope

So my little contest has had… no responses so far. I would lie and tell you I have has a small amount of responses yet I will have to say I have had zero. I would have liked for it to work maybe for 2 seconds but that was just a big hope which I [...]

Madden 11: 1 to many

I can say this very openly: I am not one for sports or anything associated with them. So when someone tells me the newest Madden game was being released at 12:01 this morning I was particularly thrown into a video gamers tizzy like some midnight releases. That being said I found myself  in the midst, [...]

Achievements: A positive reward or Addiction?

I know what you are thinking, “How can something so simple as Achievements/Trophies become an addiction?” Well a lot of people never would have thought that something such as caffeinated drinks or video games could become addicting when first released, why couldn’t something just as simple Not be an addictive thing? To share my view [...]

The Joy of the Extra Things.

Have you ever had that need to just redo something because you just want to go after that something extra? Take video game. Game developers add in collectibles, trophies, achievements, all for doing the tiny (or sometimes gigantic) extra thing. Most gamers seem to be suckers for these extras, D-pad knows I am. I just [...]